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Reports have been circulated that after commissioning a new airfield in IOK in 2002, the base commander along with other VIPs and dignitaries on board an Antonov An-32, took off for the inaugural flight, but ended up on the Pakistan side of the border where an Anza MANPADS was fired at it, knocking out one of the engines, realising his mistake, the pilot quickly dived back into the sanctuary of Indian airspace, but entering from Pakistan, the IA mistook it for an hostile aircraft and opened fire on it, however it reportedly made safe emergency landing.
I have a question. If Anza did score a hit, how was the jet able to make emergency landing? The impact should be hard enough to knock out the wing area along with the engine.
This plane does not look tough enough to be hit with a missile and yet able to make it back safely?